Jobs for The United States District Court in Scranton, PA

Professional


DEATH PENALTY
LAW CLERK
(VA 19-09)
Full-Time Position with Benefits.


The United States District
Court for the Middle District
of Pennsylvania is seeking
qualified applicants for the
position of full-time Death
Penalty Law Clerk. The Death Penalty Law Clerk works directly with the Judges on managing death penalty, prisoner civil rights and habeas corpus cases. Responsibilities include
independently conducting
legal research, preparing
recommendations to the Court
or drafting orders relating to stays of execution, jurisdiction, scheduling, exhaustion of
remedies, discovery, motions
for evidentiary hearings,
disposition on the merits,
and certificates of appealability and providing legal assistance
to the Court in connection
with prisoner petitions
and complaints.

Please refer to the court's web site at www.pamd.uscourts.gov to view the complete Vacancy
Announcement.
The closing date for applications is September 3, 2019.
The United States
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity Employer.